Category: Examiner News
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Beaver Concrete plan approved
Construction company will not store toxic liquids BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — A company’s promise not to store chemicals on site helped it gain preliminary and final site plan approval at the Sept. 10 Planning Board meeting. Beaver Concrete will build a 22,400- square-foot building that includes a 16,000- square-foot warehouse and 6,400…
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New alarms improve firefighter safety
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Millstone Township firefighter Darrell Reilly gave PASS demonstrations to residents who attended Millstone Day Sept. 21 at Frogbridge Day Camp in Millstone. MILLSTONE — The fire company has a new pumper truck and new personal safety systems for firefighters. According to Board of Fire Commissioners President David…
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Sunday morning math in Millstone
Nearly 100 kids participate in first-ever math competition BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Almost 100 local students in grades 2-7 participated in the first Mathkinz.com Math Competition Sept. 14 at the Millstone Township Community Center. MILLSTONE — They came. They saw. They calculated. Almost 100 local kids woke up bright and early Sunday morning to…
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Latino Festival coming to downtown Freehold
FREEHOLD — For the first time ever the Latino Festival of western Monmouth County will be held in downtown Freehold on Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month. The festival will be held in the Monmouth County Hall of Records Annex parking lot, Main Street. In the…
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U.F. villages won’t be treated the same
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The township’s Village Neighborhood (VN) zoning designation has to be amended to distinguish between the two areas it applies to. A large crowd attended the Sept. 18 Township Committee meeting for the public hearing on the ordinance that would change VN zoning in Imlaystown and Hornerstown. After…
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Yeshiva to appeal federal court ruling
School also plans to file suit against boro in state court BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah has plans to appeal the recent federal court ruling that it needs to seek a variance before the borough’s Planning Board to operate in the Homestead Lane synagogue. Judge Garrett Brown, of the United…
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Millstone Day festivities fun for all
Top: Alex Mendelson, 12, and Arthur Norman, 12, both Boy Scouts with Troop 116, practice tying knots during Millstone Day Sept. 21 at Frogbridge Day Camp in Millstone. Right: Alina, 12, and Justin, 15, Zimmerman entertain the crowd with Greenday’s “Time of Your Life.” PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff
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Promoting peace
Above: Color guards Angela Hinton, 11, (l-r) and Olivia Stevens, 11, pause for a moment of silence at the International Day of Peace celebration at Heritage Park in Allentown on Sunday. Right: Members of Allentown Girl Scout Junior Troop 71692 unveil their peace pole. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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State: No plea deals for teenage drivers
Following a key recommendation of the Teen Drivers Study Commission, New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram last week directed municipal prosecutors not to offer or accept plea bargains to teenage drivers with graduated drivers licenses (GDL) for motor vehicle violations that carry points. According to a press release from Milgram’s office, the directive is aimed…
